Ex-slaves want IG Farben closed

BONN - German groups representing former slave workers sold by the Nazis to the notorious chemicals giant IG Farben yesterday…

BONN - German groups representing former slave workers sold by the Nazis to the notorious chemicals giant IG Farben yesterday demanded compensation from a final liquidation of the firm's assets.

IG Farben was the world's fourth-largest company until the end of the second World War and bought concentration camp prisoners from the Nazis to work in forced labour camps. - (Reuter)

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